#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History

Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:53) - Nature of evil

(14:50) - Is violence and force fundamental to human civilization?

(19:58) - Will we always have war?

(29:38) - The Russian front in World War II

(37:32) - Ideologies of the US, the Soviet Union, and China

(50:15) - Putin

(1:02:50) - Journalism is broken

(1:10:16) - Genghis Khan

(1:24:36) - Greatest leader in history

(1:32:21) - Could Hitler have been stopped?

(1:49:21) - Hitler's Antisemitism

(1:55:12) - Destructive power of evil

(2:04:26) - Will human civilization destroy itself?

(2:16:31) - Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX

(2:24:53) - Steering around the iceberg - wow do we avoid collapse of society?

(2:47:00) - Advice on podcasting

(2:50:12) - Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the future of podcasting

(3:05:19) - Future episodes of Hardcore History podcast

(3:20:21) - Is Ben real?

(3:21:05) - Meaning of life